Between the Two

Life's a Witch

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Karen got out of her Bentley and parked in her spot. Outside of the private employee entrance stood her longtime friend and assistant Karly Marx.

“Ahhh Good morning Karly!” she greeted the young plump red headed woman.

“Good morning boss lady!” Karly replied enthusiastically.

“My coffee?” asked Karen.

“Right here.” Replied Karly, holding out the Carmel Frappuccino tall that she got from Starbucks every morning.

Taking in Karly’s appearance, she smiled. The girl had been loyal ever sense their NYU days. Karly was a lawyer, but had such bad anxiety that she never sat for the Bar Exam. She was smart and often times caught snafus that others missed. She was a valuable asset to the Simmons Group and even more valuable an asset to Karen.

“Boss lady! I cannot believe it. You’re heading the deal. A woman is heading the deal.” Karly replied enthusiastically.

“Too.  Much.  Energy. Please let me at least drink my coffee.” She told the vivacious ginger. Walking the rest of the way into their office in a comfortable silence the ladies separated and went to their own offices.

Karen approached her desk and saw everything neatly in its place. Having a slight bit of OCD required Karly to be precise and usually required Karly to stay later than usual to make sure that everything was color coded, in order and nicely stacked. And for that, Karen was grateful.

She heard a knock on her door and told the person to enter.

“Karen. Karen. Karen.” Said Paul her colleague and sometime lover.

“Paul. Paul. Paul.” Karen retorted.

“Congratulations darling. I’m happy for you. We should celebrate this victory.” Paul said moving close to Karen.

Karen and Paul despite them being lovers ALWAYS kept it strictly professional with no strings attached. They were there for each other’s release and that alone. No feelings, no jealousy and when they tired of each other they walked away with no one being hurt. This had worked for her and seemed to work for him as well.

“I can’t tonight Paul. I have to read upon the Preserve Laws and look at zoning.” She said matter of factly.

“Oh.” Was all he said to her. Paul not being one to give into defeat quickly added, “Well you have to eat right? How about I order us dinner and I can bring it…” He stated.

‘Paul. We don’t do dinner, we don’t do celebrations. We have sex and then we’re done remember.” She added a little wearily.

“Yeah. Right. I know. I was just thinking of changing it up a bit.” He said hopeful.

“Paul, why change up a working system. We have an agreement. No feelings. If that’s too much for you then…” She said.

“No. No. It’s fine. I was just proud of you, you know. I wanted to show you how much.” He said a little dejected.

“There are other ways that you can show besides food Paul.” She said suggestively.

Smiling, but still feeling let down. He nodded and walked out of her office.

“Good Morning Paul!!!” Karly said too energetically for his mood.

He just, “Humphed.” and walked away from her.

“Or Not.” Karly said to herself.

“Boss lady!” Karly said walking into Karen’s office, “We have a meeting in about an hour with Michael Simmons and then a Press conference where you address the building plans for the new mall.” Karly said.